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RebelOne

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7. I was one of the fortunate ones.

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Tue Mar 27, 2012, 01:43 PM

Mar 2012

I never had hot flashes, night sweats or any of the other unpleasant symptoms of menopause. My periods just tapered off and that is all I experienced. I could have had hot flashes, but I lived in South Florida where it is so hot all the time that I never noticed them.

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MENOPAUSE [View all] Bertha Venation Mar 2012 OP

My heartfelt sympathies! pink-o Mar 2012 #1

Six years?! Yikes! bluesbassman Mar 2012 #2

Darn, I plopped on 15 lbs in two months when it hit me. DebJ Mar 2012 #3

Only six? pipi_k Mar 2012 #15

Transitions can definitely be difficult, my dear Bertha! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2012 #4

One word: Remifemin. GoCubsGo Mar 2012 #5

in one word?? D*MN. a kennedy Mar 2012 #6

I was one of the fortunate ones. RebelOne Mar 2012 #7

Me, too. I think it's hereditary, or else maybe just dumb luck. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #9

I was a lucky one, too. I had hot flashes for a few months, my periods tapered off until Arkansas Granny Mar 2012 #22

NO PROBLEMS here, M'Dear, elleng Mar 2012 #8

Menopause. When your butt migrates to the front. kaiden Mar 2012 #10

Doesn't take menopause to do that. RebelOne Mar 2012 #11

I hear one of those handheld, battery operated, fans help. applegrove Mar 2012 #12

I used to love winter pipi_k Mar 2012 #16

this too shall pass--- JitterbugPerfume Mar 2012 #13

Been there, done that HeiressofBickworth Mar 2012 #14

Wish my GF could have had a "normal" one. BiggJawn Mar 2012 #17

Going through puberty backwards sarge43 Mar 2012 #18

I'm 48, so I guess I have about five more years of this. kaitcat Mar 2012 #19

I second the Maca siligut Mar 2012 #21

Agreed on the HRT. kaitcat Mar 2012 #24

i do not know why my mom did not kill me irisblue Mar 2012 #20

I have been going through it ellie Mar 2012 #23

After a few years of this and LaurenG Mar 2012 #25

thanks, LaurenG Bertha Venation Mar 2012 #29

I was really lucky LibertyLover Mar 2012 #26

The up side is that once it's over you lunatica Mar 2012 #27

For the night sweats.... pink-o Mar 2012 #28

I'm in my 50s and still no menopause!!! Regular as clockwork and furious about it! riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #30